Reading（２６６３）

＜２０１６年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算２７００本以上。

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certain level of intelligence　：《a ～》一定レベルの知能
moral retrogression　：モラルの退化
obesity　：〔極端なまたは病的な〕肥満
far-reaching　：〔影響や効果などが〕広範囲に及ぶ、遠くまで伝わる
alertness　：油断のないこと
drop in the bucket　：《a ～》〔全体量・必要量と比較して〕わずかの量、いかにも少ないもの

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１２ times
Walking：２５ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

Five years and seventy-nine days in a row have passed since I gave up smoking.
I was able to keep 12-time push-ups for the fifth successive day and more than
9-time push-ups for the eighth straight day.

The day before yesterday, I had my TV checked by a store owner of an electric
appliance shop because I noticed my TV has a problem of bad electrical contact
of its earphone jack.
And yesterday he said it will cost 37,000 yen to replace the earphone jack.
I've got angry because it's unbelievably expensive, isn't it?
You may be able to buy another brand-new TV with the money.
I have to understand that TOSHIBA Regza is designed to cost 37,000 yen to replace
its earphone jack, and therefore, I've decided not to buy any TOSHIBA products
though I'm now using TOSHIBA refrigerator, rice cooker, microwave oven and so on.
I will never replace them with TOSHIBA products for ever.